Build the skills to take action ✊🏽 Join our Nonviolent Direct Action Training to learn strategies for mass mobilization, de-escalation, and effective civil resistance. April 25 | 9-1PM Free to attend. Come build people power with us. Register 👉🏽 pjals.org/april-NVDA

Join us April 23 (5:30–7:30 PM) for PJALS’ annual member meeting 💛 An evening of connection, updates, and community —share a meal, hear what’s happening in our campaigns, and connect with folks across Spokane working toward justice. Register for location/details: pjals.org/annualmembermeeting

Protests & community events are powerful tools for change—and Peacekeepers help make them safe and strong ✊🏽 Join our Peacekeeper Training to learn nonviolence, de-escalation, and safety skills for actions. April 18, 1–5pm Register: pjals.org/nonviolenceinaction2

People Power: Organizing Against Authoritarianism ✊🏽 Join us THIS Saturday (April 4, 9AM–4PM) for a hands-on workshop on collective resistance + building powerful movements. Coffee at 8:30 ☕ Lunch included 🥗 Location shared after registration Get tools + strategy. Join us. 👉🏽 pjals.org/peoplepower

We’re proud to support Spokane’s first Black Earth Day 🌱 Join us April 18 (10–3) for *From Seed to Soul* — a free, multigenerational celebration uplifting Black leadership in environmental justice. 📍 MLK Jr. Center 🎨 Artwork by mamawolfmedia Volunteer: bit.ly/3NRxnaa

We’re so grateful to all the organizations supporting the 2026 Peace & Justice Action Conference 🔮 Your partnership makes this gathering possible! Reminder: the PJALS Member Rate is open to members of co-sponsoring organizations! Sign up: pjals.org/2026conference ✊🏽

Organizing 🛠️ The nuts-and-bolts track for building real skills. Whether you’re new or experienced, these sessions focus on the tools, strategies, and practices organizers need to build strong, effective movements.

Workplaces are often on the front lines when immigration enforcement targets our neighbors. Learn how to share workplace know-your-rights info and support community readiness. Join our Canvassing Training Mar 26 | 5:30–7:30 PM Pizza provided. Space limited. Register 👉🏽 buff.ly/2SFsSRU

Issues at the Frontlines ✊ What are the most urgent struggles shaping our communities right now? This track brings together organizers and directly impacted leaders to break down current threats and build collective, coordinated responses.

Rest, Joy & Revolutionary Care ✨ Joy is part of the work. Movements that last require care, creativity, and space to reconnect with ourselves and each other. This track centers sustainability, embodiment, and creative practices that help keep movements alive for the long haul.

💙 Our Member-to-Member Matching Challenge results are in! Thanks to 62 generous donors, we exceeded the match and raised $37,480 total — our largest yet! Your support fuels PJALS’ work for justice, care, and community power. 🙌🏽 Handful of Salt L, Vol. 1 — Spring 2026 👉🏽 pjals.org/spring26

YALP grads are moving out into the world of organizing! 🎓 The Spring 2026 session starts March 20 — explore activism through organizing, art, and mentorship, including a discussion with Aaron Dixon of the Seattle Black Panther Party Handful of Salt L, Vol. 1 — Spring 2026 👉🏽 pjals.org/spring26

The 2026 Peace & Justice Action Conference is Sat, March 21 | 8:30–5pm. From Survival to Vision: Crafting the Future We Deserve. Build skills, deepen connections, and imagine futures rooted in justice. Location shared on registration. Handful of Salt L, Vol. 1 —Spring 2026 👉🏽 pjals.org/spring26

Visioning the Possible ✨ What does the world we’re fighting for actually look like? The Visioning the Possible track at the 2026 Peace & Justice Action Conference invites us to move beyond reacting to crisis and into imagining—and building—the futures our communities deserve.

This Jan. PJALS joined WAISN for Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Day at the WA state capitol! 🚌 Over 300 advocates from across the state came together to push for immigrant rights, dignity, and protections. Community power on full display! 💙 Handful of Salt L, Vol. 1 —Spring 2026 👉🏽 pjals.org/spring26

Welcome Joe as PJALS’ new Peacekeeping Coordinator! 🎉 Joe brings years of community experience, a long relationship w/ PJALS de-escalation trainings, and a commitment to racial equity. We’re excited to have him supporting our peacekeepers! Handful of Salt L, Vol. 1 —Spring 2026 👉🏽 pjals.org/spring26

✨ Join us in making the 2026 Peace & Justice Action Conference a success! We need volunteers for greeters, guides, check-in, setup, lunch, merch table, and clean-up. Sign up & be part of the movement 👉🏽 volunteersignup.org/CA3DW

An Evening with Aaron Dixon & Youth Organizers March 20 • 5:30 PM Join our YALP cohort for a youth-led conversation with Aaron Dixon ahead of the 2026 Peace & Justice Action Conference. Youth voices centered. Community in solidarity. Register 👉🏽 pjals.org/26conferencekickoff

Please join us in welcoming Alexa (she/her) as PJALS’ new Operations Coordinator! 🎉 With 14 years of small business leadership and a passion for equity, representation, and community care, we’re so excited to have her on the team. Handful of Salt L, Vol. 1 — Spring 2026 👉🏽 pjals.org/spring26

Our 2026 keynote is Author of My People Are Rising, Aaron Dixon— organizer, author, & movement elder. From marching with MLK to co-founding the Seattle Chapter of the BPP, his work centers community care, liberation, and building power. March 21 | 8:30–5 Register now 👉🏽 pjals.org/2026conference

🧂 Handful of Salt L, Vol. 1 — Spring 2026 is live! Inside: YALP grads + Spring session launch, 2026 Peace & Justice Action Conference, Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Day, staff welcomes & matching challenge results. Read it here 👉🏽 pjals.org/spring26

Regular Rate Registration is NOW OPEN! 3 weeks out from the 2026 Peace & Justice Action Conference. Move beyond reaction into response—build futures rooted in care, creativity, strategy & solidarity. Tracks on visioning, care, frontline issues & organizing. 👉🏽 pjals.org/2026conference

Learn nonviolent de-escalation + safety skills for protests & community events at our Peacekeeper Training with PJALS. Practice together + learn how to support actions with care. March 14 | 1-5pm | Location shared after registration 👉🏽 secure.everyaction.com/L7ZUSjuFyEGh...

Ready to help shape the future of our movement? ✊ PJALS is recruiting new leaders for our Steering Committee to help guide our work for peace, economic justice, and human rights. Leadership rooted in impacted communities. Apply by March 3 👉🏽 pjals.org/steeringcommittee

Step into leadership with PJALS 🪜✨ Apply to join our Steering Committee and help guide our work for peace, economic justice, and human rights. We’re building multiracial, intergenerational leadership rooted in impacted communities. Apply by March 3: pjals.org/steeringcommittee

Connecting for Community is tonight! We’re sharing legislative priorities, key updates, and ways to take action this session — plus food & community care. 🕠 5:30–7pm. Location sent after registration. Bring a friend 💛 Register 👉🏽 secure.everyaction.com/tLBSvtQQWkqt...

No one should face intimidating systems alone. The WAISN Accompaniment Program provides in-person support for immigrants & refugees at court and immigration appointments — grounded in dignity, solidarity, and justice. Friday Feb 20 | 5:30-7 | Register here 👉🏽 pjals.org/waisnaccompa...

✨ The future we deserve is calling. ✨ Early Bird Registration is officially OPEN for the 2026 Peace & Justice Action Conference! Come gather, learn, organize, and imagine what’s possible—at a reduced early bird rate. 🔗 Register now before prices increase! 👉🏽 secure.everyaction.com/s9eGztUho02G...

Join us Feb. 19, noon–1pm at EWU PUB 317/319 for “An EWU History & Defense” with Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown, PhD. Reflect on the roots + impact of EWU’s Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies program. Learn, connect, take action. 💛

✨ Connecting for Community ✨ Feb 19, 5:30–7pm Join us to share legislative priorities, key updates, and ways to take action this session—plus food, conversation, and community care. 📍 Location shared after registration. Come through & bring a friend 💛 Register 👉🏽 buff.ly/bMnZZcj

Working people deserve better. This Saturday, union members, health care workers, patients, and immigrant rights advocates are rallying to demand a fair tax system. It’s time for a Millionaires Tax that funds schools, health care, housing, and more. Join us Feb 7, 2PM at B.A. Clark Park.

WOW. Registration is now CLOSED. Over 450 people signed up for the in-person WAISN Rapid Response Training — an incredible show of solidarity for immigrant communities in Spokane & beyond. 💛 Missed it? Follow WAISN on socials or visit waisn.org for future Rapid Response opportunities.

Join our Leadership team! We’re now accepting applications for the PJALS Steering Committee—our leadership and decision-making body. Help guide our work to engage everyday people in building a just and nonviolent world through peace, economic justice, and human rights. 👉🏽  pjals.org/steeringcommittee

Rapid Response Training 🧊 | Spokane (in person) Learn to legally & non-violently document ICE/CBP activity, support immigrant neighbors, and share constitutional rights. Fri Feb 13, 5:30–7pm. Location shared upon registration. secure.everyaction.com/zWe1pz0Vskah...

A powerful day at the Olympia State Capitol for WAISN’s Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Day 🚌✊🏽 We’re grateful for everyone who showed up—and especially our volunteer peacekeepers who helped keep the day grounded, safe, and strong. Huge thanks to @_seidr for these incredible photos 📸

Join us Sat, Jan 31 at the Fig Tree Legislative Conference! Featuring PJALS leaders Liz Moore, Shantell Jackson, and youth organizer Fenrir Close lifting up art, music & people power for change. 👉🏽 secure.givelively.org/donate/the-f...

Today we honor the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his enduring legacy in the struggle for racial justice, economic dignity, and peace. His vision continues to guide our work. Our offices will be closed Monday, January 19 in observance of MLK Day.

Applications for our Operations Coordinator role will be officially closed at midnight. Last chance to get your applications in now! Huge thanks to everyone who applied and shared this opportunity. We’re grateful for the community showing up to support this work for peace and equity. ✨

Drumroll please 🥁 Our Member-to-Member Matching Challenge raised $37,480 total — including an $8,000 boost that grew our matching fund from $9,345 to $17,345 from 10 donors, plus $20,135 from 62 challengers! PJALS members are the best. It’s not too late to give: pjals.org/donate

NO WAR ON VENEZUELA! 🇻🇪 Congress must do its job. We are asking members to take targeted action based on where certain elected officials currently stand. Elected officials need to hear from us immediately that we oppose this illegal war and demand accountability.

⏳ 1 week left! PJALS is hiring a part-time Operations Coordinator—help run our team, support justice & equity, and make an impact! 20 hrs/week, $28–$32/hr | Downtown Spokane + hybrid Apply here 👉🏽 pjals.org/now-hiring-operations-coordinator

⏳ Final hours! Today is the last chance to have your gift matched dollar for dollar — thanks to PJALS members, staff, and Steering Committee ($9,345 raised!). Donate now and make your impact go twice as far 👉🏽 pjals.org/25mbr2mbr 💛✊🏽

⏳ 2 days left to double your impact! Every gift through Dec 31 will be matched thanks to PJALS members, staff, and Steering Committee ($9,345 raised!). Join the challenge and fuel long-term organizing for justice. 💛 👉🏽 pjals.org/25mbr2mbr

Our Executive Director Liz Moore invites us to slow down, breathe, and listen within. ❄️✨ This Winter Solstice letter is a reflection on stillness, dignity, belonging, and our shared movement for collective liberation—rooted in breath, connection, and the quiet wisdom of the dark.

✨ Save the date! ✨ The 2026 Peace & Justice Action Conference is Saturday, March 21, 2026 Theme: From Survival to Vision: Crafting the Future We Deserve 🎤 Call for Proposals is open! Apply by Jan 23, 2026 See you then! 👉🏽 pjals.org/action-conference-proposals

PJALS will be closed Dec 23–Jan 4 for our annual Winter Shutdown. Each year we take this time to rest, restore, and resist burnout so we can return grounded and strong. Our dedicated team and PJALS Peacekeepers will be back in the office Jan 5. For more details 👉🏽 pjals.org/winter-shutdown

Generous PJALS members, staff, & Steering Committee have already pledged $9,345 to match every gift through Dec 31. Double your impact & help build a just, nonviolent world 👉🏽 pjals.org/25mbr2mbr ✊🏽💛

The Fall ‘25 YALP Graduation kick-back! 😎 Today we celebrated the 2025 YALP Fall Cohort—27 youth activists stepping into their leadership and collective power.

It’s graduation day! 🎓✨ Honoring the 27 young leaders of our 2025 YALP Fall Cohort — organizers, dreamers, and change-makers who spent the last months growing their skills and their power. We can’t wait to see what you build next. 💛

Join the PJALS team! ❤️ We’re hiring a part-time **Operations Coordinator** to help keep our work for peace and equity running strong. 20 hrs/week, $28–$32/hr. Apply by Jan 9 Apply here 👉🏽 pjals.org/now-hiring-operations-coordinator